Ian Hislop Quotes

Ian Hislop — Welsh Editor born on July 13, 1960,

Ian David Hislop is a British journalist, satirist, writer, comedian, broadcaster and editor of the magazine Private Eye. He has appeared on many radio and television programmes, and is a team captain on the BBC quiz show Have I Got News for You... (wikipedia)

This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.